Twitter Blue currently costs $5 per month but doesn’t include a verified check mark as a perk.
The company has tried to revamp itsverification system, and has also mistakenly verified fake accounts.
Twitter didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.
Prior to Musk’s Tuesday tweets, there’d been various reports about Twitter potentially charging for verification.
Executives spent the weekend talking about the idea and making plans about the measure, unidentified sources told Newton.
Areportfrom The Verge suggested that Twitter considered charging much more for its subscription service.
Employees working on the project were apparently given until Nov. 7 to implement the changes.
The reported $20 per month price irked some high-profile Twitter users, including author Stephen King.
“$20 a month to keep my blue check?
Fuck that, they should pay me.
If that gets instituted, I’m gone like Enron,” King tweeted on Monday.
“We need to pay the bills somehow!
Twitter cannot rely entirely on advertisers.
How about $8?,” Musk replied.
Blue check marks are seen by some as a status symbol because having one is fairly rare.
